A 37-YEAR-OLD pilot and his young passenger were killed instantly when their Piper light aircraft crashed into an electricity pylon in thick fog in Waseley Hills Country Park. The former RAF pilot was from Surrey. Debris was scattered over an area of a quarter of a mile.
MEMBERS of Bromsgrove Cricket Club were bracing themselves for a record £4 increase in their subscriptions. This was necessary as the club was said to be facing increased costs of £700 this season. Officials were also calling for some members to be less apathetic and adopt a more positive and supportive attitude.
A LEGACY in a retired Bromsgrove farmer's will had paid for five badly needed beds at the town's Cottage Hospital. Walter Smith died in 1943 and left instructions that after his wife Marian's death the hospital should receive £41,000. So far £33,000 had been spent on converting a room into a five bedded mixed sex cubicle ward. A decision on how the remainder of the money would be spent would be made later.
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